Predicted Preferences for Tuberculosis Point-of-Care Tests Among Tuberculosis-Affected Individuals in 5 High Burden Countries
Point-of-care (POC) tests are needed to improve tuberculosis (TB) detection, but how TB-affected persons value POC tests is unknown. Simulations using discrete choice experiment-based data from 1,149 TB-affected participants across five countries demonstrated that POC TB tests were highly preferred, even with modestly lower accuracy compared to standard facility-based testing.
Authors
- Jerusha Emmanuel
- Payam Nahid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2811-1311)
- Alfred Andama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0526-0007)
- Claudia Maria Denkinger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7216-7067)
- William O. Worodria (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8531-5567)
- Ann Schraufnagel
- Dinh Van Luong
- Katamba Achilles
- Annet Nakaweesa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7447-9630)
- Andrew D. Kerkhoff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5023-6658)
- Talemwa Nalugwa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8798-1005)
- Danaida Marcelo
- Emily A. Kendall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0083-422X)
- Robinah Nakawunde
- Kinari Shah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9094-4709)
- Trang Trinh
- María del Mar Castro
- Devasahayam J Christopher
- Adithya Cattamanchi
- Charles Yu
Institutions
- South African Medical Research Council (ZA)
- San Francisco General Hospital (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Christian Medical College, Vellore (IN)
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- Center for Promotion of Advancement of Society (VN)
- Novosibirsk Tuberculosis Research Institute (RU)
- German Center for Infection Research (DE)
- Global Brain Health Institute (US)
- Hanoi Lung Hospital (VN)
- La Salle University (US)
- Makerere University (UG)
- Heidelberg University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2026-01-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciag022
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00